La Vista is a medium-sized city located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 16,379 people and four associated neighborhoods, La Vista is the 13th largest community in Nebraska.
La Vista real estate is some of the most expensive in Nebraska, although La Vista house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Also of interest is that La Vista has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.97% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
In terms of college education, La Vista is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.90% of adults in La Vista have a college degree.
The per capita income in La Vista in 2022 was $39,814, which is wealthy relative to Nebraska, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $159,256 for a family of four. However, La Vista contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
La Vista is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Vista home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Vista residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. La Vista also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.59% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Vista include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in La Vista is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.